Table Of Contents

Preface

New and Changed Information

Objectives

Audience

Conventions

Obtaining Documentation and Submitting a Service Request

Preface

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This section explains the objectives and intended audience of this publication and describes the conventions that convey instructions and other information.

New and Changed Information

The following table describes information that has been added or changed since the Cisco Transport Manager Release 8.5 User Guide was last published online.

Table 1 New and Changed Information in This Guide 

Date Released	Revision	Location
November 30, 2007	Initial version.	—
December 20, 2007	Added a link to a technical tip that explains how to clean up the disk and maintain disk space on the Cisco Transport Manager (CTM) server.	4.2.12  Cleaning Up the Disk and Maintaining Disk Space on the CTM Server, page 4-26
January 2, 2008	Added more detail about scheduling automatic database pruning.	4.2.8.1  Setting the Time and Date for Automatic Pruning, page 4-15
January 24, 2008	Noted that server trails that were created in CTM or Cisco Transport Controller (CTC) are viewed in the Link table.	3.7.1  Creating Server Trails, page 3-53
March 19, 2008	Added two rows to Table 4-14 on page 48 for CTMServer.perm and NotificationService.xml.	4.4.2  Updating the Configuration Files After Changing the CTM Server IP Address, page 4-48
April 7, 2008	Updated the note regarding ports from 1024 to 65536.	12.1.3  Client-Server Communication Protocols, page 12-4
	Updated EID-116 and EID-117.	Appendix I, "Error Messages"
May 6, 2008	Added the following text: To edit the login screen advisory message, edit the /opt/CiscoTransportManager/webServer/htdocs/OtherLegal.txt file. By default, this file is not present on a new CTM installation; you can create and edit it as required.	Table 8-11
May 23, 2008	Corrected the keystroke sequence for mnemonics (Alt plus letter).	1.5.13  Using Mnemonics, page 1-41
July 11, 2008	In the Control Panel > UI Properties pane, removed the row for "CTC Management Domain," because that field was removed from the GUI.	Table 4-24
July 25, 2008	Added the following note: Check the Audit Log to confirm that the selected NE has been successfully deleted from the database. The deletion is not complete until the following message is displayed in the Audit Log: AUD-5015 <NE ID> has been successfully purged. See "8.5.1  Viewing the Audit Log" section on page 73 for information on how to view the Audit Log.	3.5.7.1  Deleting a Single NE, page 3-28
	Added the following note: Check the Audit Log to confirm that the selected nodes have been successfully deleted from the database. The deletion is not complete until the following message is displayed in the Audit Log: AUD-5015 <NE ID> has been successfully purged. See "8.5.1  Viewing the Audit Log" section on page 73 for information on how to view the Audit Log.	3.5.7.2  Deleting Multiple NEs, page 3-28
November 7, 2008	Corrected the table to show that MGX NEs support northbound SNMP.	Table 2-3
February 4, 2009	Removed all references to the DWDM Ring table, which is not supported in CTM R8.5.	Throughout
April 21, 2009	Revised the tip as follows: In the Name, IP Address, and Description fields, you can enter a percentage character (%) as a wildcard. You can search for a partial string inserted between percentage characters. For example, in the IP Address field, you can enter %1.2% to search for all IP addresses that contain 1.2 as octets. If you do not enter wildcard characters, the search returns only exact matches.	1.5.5.1  Finding Data in the Domain Explorer, page 1-34
May 14, 2009	Added the following step when deleting NEs: To purge the NEs from the Deleted Network Elements group, see 3.5.7.4  Removing a Deleted NE, page 3-30.	•3.5.7.1  Deleting a Single NE, page 3-28 •3.5.7.2  Deleting Multiple NEs, page 3-28
June 9, 2009	Updated the procedure to change the default settings of the CTM server and OSS CORBA client ports.	12.2.3.10  Changing the Default Settings of CTM Server and OSS CORBA Client Ports, page 12-59
July 31, 2009	Added a new section on how to change the CTM server IP address when CTM and Oracle are installed on separate servers.	4.4.1.5  Changing the IP Address when CTM and Oracle Are on Separate Servers, page 4-47
	Clarified the procedures for backing up, exporting, and restoring the CTM database.	•4.2.3  Overview of Backing Up the CTM Database, page 4-7 •4.2.4  Backing Up the CTM Database from the CTM GUI, page 4-11 •4.2.5  Exporting the CTM Database from the CTM GUI, page 4-12 •4.2.6  Backing Up or Exporting the CTM Database from the CLI, page 4-13 •4.2.7  Restoring the CTM Database from the Previous Backup, page 4-14
September 18, 2009	Added this note: To configure security parameters for CTC-based SDH and CTC-based SONET NEs, the username account specified on the NE must be at the SuperUser-level.	8.3.3.14  Configuring CTM Security Parameters, page 8-32
October 28, 2009	Added this note: The Metro DWDM Circuits option applies only to ONS 155xx NEs. For other NE types—such as the ONS 15454—the Metro DWDM Circuits option returns no results. To filter circuits on ONS 15454 NEs, use the Circuit table filter. See 7.2.20  Filtering the Circuit Table, page 7-131.	1.5.5.1  Finding Data in the Domain Explorer, page 1-34

Objectives

This guide explains how to use CTM R8.5 to manage Cisco Optical Networking System (ONS) network elements (NEs) and switches.

Use this guide to learn about:

•Cisco Transport Manager, an element management system (EMS)

•Cisco Transport Manager GateWay, an EMS-to-network management system (NMS) interface architectural component

Audience

The primary audience for this guide includes network operations personnel and system administrators. This guide assumes that you are familiar with the following products and topics:

•Basic internetworking terminology and concepts

•Network topology and protocols

•Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Terminal Server, and Windows XP Professional

•Sun Microsystems Solaris administration

•Oracle database administration

•Telecommunication Management Network (TMN) architecture model

Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Item	Convention
Commands and keywords	boldface font
Displayed session and system information	screen font
Information that the user must enter	boldface screen font
Variables that the user must supply	italic screen font
Menu items and button names	boldface font
Selecting a menu item	Option > Network Preferences

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Caution Means reader be careful. In this situation, you might do something that could result in equipment damage or loss of data.

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Note Means reader take note. Notes contain helpful suggestions or reference to material not covered in the manual.

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Timesaver Means the described action saves time. You can save time by performing the action described in the paragraph.

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Tip Means the following information will help you solve a problem.

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